Shaker Lane Elementary

Located at 35 Shaker Lane, in Littleton, Massachusetts, Shaker Lane Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school that hosts 425 students (grades pre-K through 2), overseen by Littleton.

Littleton runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,655 students. Shaker Lane Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shaker Lane Elementary logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 15% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Shaker Lane Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for Middlesex County shows median household income runs about $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Shaker Lane Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Littleton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 447 students in 2018 compared to 425 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 87% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.